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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn {Function File} {} beta_pdf (@var{x}, @var{a}, @var{b})
## For each element of @var{x}, returns the PDF at @var{x} of the beta
## distribution with parameters @var{a} and @var{b}.
## @end deftypefn

## Author: KH <Kurt.Hornik@ci.tuwien.ac.at>
## Description: PDF of the Beta distribution

function pdf = beta_pdf (x, a, b)

  if (nargin != 3)
    usage ("beta_pdf (a, b, x)");
  endif
  
  if (!isscalar (a) || !isscalar(b))
    [retval, x, a, b] = common_size (x, a, b);
    if (retval > 0)
      error ("beta_pdf: x, a and b must be of common size or scalar");
    endif
  endif

  sz = size (x);
  pdf = zeros (sz);

  k = find (!(a > 0) | !(b > 0) | isnan (x));
  if (any (k))
    pdf (k) = NaN;
  endif

  k = find ((x > 0) & (x < 1) & (a > 0) & (b > 0));
  if (any (k))
    if (isscalar(a) && isscalar(b))
      pdf(k) = exp ((a - 1) .* log (x(k))
		    + (b - 1) .* log (1 - x(k))) ./ beta (a, b);
    else
      pdf(k) = exp ((a(k) - 1) .* log (x(k))
		    + (b(k) - 1) .* log (1 - x(k))) ./ beta (a(k), b(k));
    endif
  endif

endfunction
